WestPac Conference The Future of the Catalog Peter Jacso professor University of Hawaii Dept. of Information & Computer Sciences October 13 th, 2007 Honolulu Jacso
The Way we are The way we should be Jacso
Current State of OPACS Mostly as they were 10 years ago. Old functions in somewhat new dress: At exhibits they look like Drag Queen parades Wigs, high heels and fake eyelashes.
Jacso I told you 10 years ago
Bossy OPAC Jacso bossy
No luck in spite of correct syntax Jacso bossy2
Trying an alternative with Frederick; 0 Jacso bossy3
Still 0 but clickable info Jacso bossy4
There we are, or are we? Jacso bossy5
Finally there - but no clicking Jacso boss-a
Now try the BOSS, at Oklahoma Jacso boss-b
Not perfect, but friendly Jacso boss-c
Before the BOSS at OK, barely O.K. Jacso boss-dig-c1
Browsing – we are still in Kansas Jacso boss-dig-c1a
What a difference Jacso boss-dig-c2
Modest freebies Jacso boss-dig-c3
Teen pleaser faceting Jacso boss-dig-c4
Informative start Jacso dig-c-am1
Good hints Jacso dig-c-am2
Practical key phrases + SIB Jacso dig-c-am5
Editorial reviews Jacso dig-c-am9
Good clues Jacso dig-c-am11
Relative ranking within category Jacso dig-c-am13
Life Beyond LCSH at al Jacso dig-c-am14
With extra goodies Jacso dig-c-am15
Even with cited references Jacso dig-c-am16
And citing references Jacso dig-c-am17
Which one to buy Jacso dig-c-am20
Of course the G - search Jacso gbs-1
Pretty good now Jacso gbs-3a
With free goodies Jacso gbs-5
And more Jacso gbs-6
Free WorldCAT – OCLC lets her hair down Jacso oclc-dig-c2
Certain features only for subscribers – sorting by holding Jacso oclc-dig-c5
Holding data needs aggregation Jacso 99
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